A major Linux package scare just exposed how dangerous trust-based software ecosystems can get when abandoned packages fall ...

Most Linux server hardening guides list everything equally. This one ranks controls by when attackers hit them: SSH in the ...

The insertion of a backdoor into code used by most Linux distributions was discovered and fixed ‘before it posed a significant risk to the broader Linux community,’ says Red Hat’s Vincent Danen. The ...

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) is a use-after-free race in the Linux kernel that lets a local user gain root on Linux and Android ...

Out of the U.K. comes news of an amusing Linux hack that we shouldn’t find amusing. The Register says Linux hackers have developed Car Whisperer software, which with a directional antenna and laptop ...

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux. If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security ...